Robert M. Campbell

Sounds a lot like FDR's Second Bill of Rights:

North Carolinians deserve fair representation. We are already one of the most gerrymandered states in the country. Urge the NC GOP to back down on this antidemocratic proposal to silence voters.

www.ncleg.gov/requestforco...

#northcarolina #ncpolitics #redistricting #politics

How to solve climate change?
Just stop talking about it, according to the Trump Administration.

The overwhelming scientific consensus is that climate change is very much real and caused directly by human activities (primarily the burning of fossil fuels).

#environment #climatechange #climate

@rooseveltinstitute.org

Democrats Don't Need to Reinvent the Wheel to Solve Their Identity Crisis - They Need to Look Back to FDR Neoliberalism has run its course. We need a return to Keynesianism.

A road map for the future:

substack.com/home/post/p-...

#fdr #democrats #politics

The Trump Administration is trying to sell off OUR public lands to industry (and they don't want you to know about it).

Submit a comment today before the 9/19 deadline: www.roadless.org/m/

#roadlessrule #environment #nationalforests #conservation #politics

Trump's Sec. of Agriculture has proposed removing the Forest Service’s Roadless Rule, which protects over 100,000 acres of WNC's forests. We cannot afford to lose these forests.

You can comment on the proposal until Sep. 19th: www.roadless.org/m/

#asheville #Pisgah #nantahala #northcarolina #wnc

Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.

Meanwhile, the six largest health insurers raked in more than $31 billion in net income last year.

Still not sure if we need Medicare for All?

15% of WNC's forests are at risk. Support the Roadless Area Conservation Act:

act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati...

#Pisgah #nantahala #northcarolina #westernnorthcarolina #Asheville #nationalforests #sierraclub

YouTube video by Chris Harjes Protecting Our Environment. Back Porch Banters, Episode 4

I sat down recently with NC-11 candidate Chris Harjes to discuss environmental issues in Western North Carolina:

youtu.be/CETtuRk1vL8?...

#nc11 #westernnorthcarolina #environment #climatechange #publiclands

Democrats Don't Need to Reinvent the Wheel to Solve Their Identity Crisis - They Need to Look Back to FDR Neoliberalism has run its course. We need a return to Keynesianism.

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have too much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

#fdr #democrats #democratic #dnc #franklindelanoroosevelt

Duke Energy is a Top Campaign Donor for All Three NC Democrats Who Voted with Republicans to Raise Utility Bills On July 29, Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly overrode eight of Governor Josh Stein's first 14 vetoes.

#ncpolitics #northcarolina #renewablenergy #climatechange

SB 266 would be disastrous for the people of NC (and the environment). Urge your state reps to uphold Governor Josh Stein's veto before they reconvene on the 29th.

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#ncpolitics #northcarolinapolitics #Asheville #northcarolina #cleanenergy #renewableenergy

Did Trump Golf Today? Track Donald Trump's golf outings and the cost to taxpayers.

Items the Trump regime is spending $$ on instead of conservation:

1) Renovate Alcatraz:$2B www.axios.com/2025/07/18/t...

2) Golfing, 40 days:$56M didtrumpgolftoday.com

3) ICE Budget:$28B (up $20B) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/u...

4) Military/Birthday Parade:$45M. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.

Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large

J.D. Vance Dismisses Kicking Millions Off Medicaid: 'Minutiae” Vice President J.D. Vance said the reconciliation bill kicking millions off Medicaid is “minutiae" compared to securing ICE deportation funding.

"They'll get over it" - Mitch McConnell 

"Everybody dies" - Joni Ernst

"Minutiae" - JD Vance

MAGA politicians have zero empathy for the plight of ordinary Americans who depend on these programs.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

#pbs #DOGE #pbscuts

Trump admin plans to shut down money-saving Energy Star program soon, sources say | CNN The Trump administration is preparing to eliminate two key Environmental Protection Agency divisions, including the Energy Star program.

Despite claiming that we were in an "energy crisis," Trump is now planning to discontinue the money- and energy-saving Energy Star program. Energy Star helps save American families over $40 billion in annual energy costs.

#energy #climatechange #energystar #energypolicy

www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/c...

Trump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the US White House orders closure of USGS water science centers, which shares data with weather service for flood warnings

"Among the centers on the chopping block is that in Charlotte, North Carolina, which managed the fallout from widespread and deadly Hurricane Helene flooding in Asheville in late 2024."

uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-offici...

#helene #Asheville #ashevillenc #ashevillepolitics

News media captured by Corp interests downplays climate emergency by treating extreme weather as aberrational one offs.

These outlets r purposely misleading people & putting them in danger to protect their advertisers & owners’ interests.

Which is why YellowDot releases The Extreme Weather Report.

“If the Trump administration can get away with violating the Constitution because it knows the courts will be too slow to prevent it, then those constitutional rights simply no longer exist,” Adam Serwer writes: https://theatln.tc/QtHNdGCu

I remember when the Supreme Court struck down student loan forgiveness, but members of Congress had their PPP loans forgiven.

The millionaires in Congress had their PPP loans forgiven.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court refused to grant the 10-20k loan forgiveness Biden ordered for working class Americans.

The laws are not applied equally to the rich and the poor in this country.

Trump had some serious competition for last place with the likes of Andrew Johnson and Buchanan, but he's somehow managed to beat them.

Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.  A

BREAKING: Trump has issued an Executive Order that calls for repealing sections of the Civil Rights Act.

"...the Attorney General shall initiate appropriate action to repeal or amend the implementing regulations for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.."

#civilrights #trump #uspolitics

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz: "If you say you love freedom, but you don't think freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn't freedom, it's privilege."

Hawksbill Mountain in North Carolina

Happy Earth Day! First established on April 22, 1970, Earth Day is an annual holiday held to demonstrate support for environmental protection.

As this administration ramps up attacks on the environment, it is critical that we continue to defend our natural world.

Photo: @robmcampbell.bsky.social

Two NYT headlines stating the WH wants to promote more childbearing and the EPA is ending testing for chemicals that hurt children.

Two headlines in the New York Times today.